-Supplementary to Question No
in LegCo on 13 1
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Mr. CHAN YING-LUN (in Cantonese):
Sir,
may I ask how many
applications for delay are there and what measures are taken
so that these projects will go ahead on time to prevent large-
scale delay of such projects?
SECRETARY FOR LANDS AND WORKS: Sir, I cannot give you the
numbers of extensions per year.
they are
a
I understand
relatively small proportion of the
actual permits issued. In regard to ensuring that such
extensions should not be indefinite, it is the function of the
Highways Department to monitor the progress of works and it is
also its function to ensure that no longer extension is given
than is necessary.
Mr. JACKIE CHAN (in Cantonese):
Sir, in view of the fact that
in order to meet the needs of the public and their own business
expansion, public utility companies often maintain or renew their
facilities under the ground. That gives rise to endless
excavations. We have the Electric Company and then Towngas and then
the Water Supplies Department and so on. Will the Government set
up a department to co-ordinate
the number of excavations is
such applications to ensure that
minimised?
SECRETARY FOR LANDS AND WORKS:
Sir, the function which Mr. CHAN
has just described is performed by the three road-opening
co-ordinating
committees one for Hong Kong, one for Kowloon,
one for the New Territories - which comprise all the different
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